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University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Wednesday, November 19
Cullowhee, NC
5 PM
UNC Asheville
at
Western Carolina
Women's Basketball Travels to Western Carolina on Wednesday for the Annual Mountain Rivalry
11.18.2025 | Women's Basketball
ASHEVILLE, N.C. - UNC Asheville Women's Basketball travels to Western Carolina on Wednesday (Nov. 19) for the latest installment of the Mountain Rivalry. Tip-off is set for 5:00 p.m. from the Ramsey Center in Cullowhee, N.C.
UNC Asheville (1-2) at Western Carolina (2-2)
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025 | 5 PM | Cullowhee, N.C.
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Game Notes
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UNC Asheville (1-2) at Western Carolina (2-2)
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025 | 5 PM | Cullowhee, N.C.
ESPN+ | Live Stats | Audio | Tickets
Game Notes
- UNC Asheville comes into the game at 1-2 overall after falling to North Carolina Central 66-53 last Thursday (Nov. 13).
- Asheville is third in the Big South Conference in scoring offense at 66.7 points per game, while also ranking second in scoring defense allowing 52.7 points per game, ranking 50th in Division I.
- Asheville is also second in the league at 44.7 rebounds per game, while leading the league in opponent rebounding average at 35.0 rebounds per game. Asheville currently ranks 43rd in the nation in rebounds per game.
- Asheville also ranks 41st in the nation in blocks per game (5.3), sixth in the nation in free throw attempts per game (28.67), sixth in made free throws per game (20.67) and 10th in three-point percentage defense (18.2 percent).
- Nia Green leads the team and is tied for 21st in the conference in scoring at 9.3 points per game.
- Journee McDaniel is tied for fourth in the league at 7.3 rebounds per game, while Green is ninth at 6.3 rebounds per game. Sara Yarnell is 12th in the conference at 5.7 rebounds per game, while Deborah Orianegbena is tied for 16th at 5.3 rebounds per game.
- Trinity Fields is tied for seventh in the conference at 3.3 assists per game, while Green is 13th at 2.7 assists per game.
- Green and Aileen Marquez are both tied for sixth at 2.3 steals per game, while Jamaria Freeman is tied for ninth at 2.0 steals per game.
- McDaniel is tied for the league lead at 1.3 blocks per game, while Green is tied for third at 1.0 blocks per game.
- Western Carolina enters the matchup at 2-2 after a 95-32 loss to No. 6 Oklahoma on Sunday (Nov. 16).
- Western Carolina is second in the Southern Conference in scoring at 67.8 points per game, while ranking third in scoring defense allowing 66.0 points per game.
- Ally Hollifield is second in the conference and 32nd in Division I in three-pointers per game at 3.00, while she also leads the conference and is 37th in the nation in free throw percentage at 94.4 percent.
- Western Carolina is also third in the league in rebounding at 40.8 rebounds per game.
- Hollifield is second in the league in scoring at 15.8 points per game, while Joyce Mulumbia leads the league in rebounding at 7.8 rebounds per game.
- Justice Zimmerman is also tied for sixth in rebounding at 6.3 boards per game, while Ary Dizon is ninth at 5.7 rebounds per game.
- Holliefield and Ellie Richardson are both tied for fifth in assists per game at 3.0, while Dizon is ninth at 2.7 assists per game.
- Hollifield is second in the league at 2.5 steals per game, while Taj Hunter is fourth at 2.0 steals per game.
- Dizon is 25th in the nation in blocks (nine) and sixth in the nation in blocks per game (3.0).
- This is the 45th all-time meeting between Asheville and Western Carolina, with Western Carolina leading the all-time series 26-18. Western Carolina won last year's meeting 77-64 inside Kimmel Arena back on Dec. 21, 2024. Â
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